Bare Stainless Steel

[pezzonovante88]

DMCH has the later style exhaust tips for sale in bare stainless steel. How would one make them go from bare to brushed? Is it easy to give a nice brushed finish to bare 304 stainless steel?
http://store.delorean.com/p-10378-tips-unpolished.aspx

[stevedmc]

Sanding paper would be a good start.

[Barson]

get a blendig pad from Hervey:


http://www.specialtauto.com/delorean-parts/accessories.html

Towards bottom of the page

[pezzonovante88]

Is that it? I feel like an idiot.

[DMCMW Dave]

Is that it? I feel like an idiot.

You'll need somde 60 -80 grit sandpaper first. The blending pad isn't enough to grain an ungrained piece of steel. At least not in my lifetime.

[Bitsyncmaster]

I used some sand paper on my exhaust tips but later decided I like the smooth finish better. Just went back with finer sand paper to remove the scratches.

[Nicholas R]

+1

If trying to add grain or repair really bad grain, you have to start pretty course and work your way down. I say 60 grit then work your way to a blending pad.

[pezzonovante88]

Basically, I want this: http://store.delorean.com/p-10378-tips-unpolished.aspx
To look like this: http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3341459/1981-delorean-dmc-12/page-5#33414590126